Cap or headwear.



Patented lune 25, |90L A. PACHNER.

CAP on HEADw-:AR-

(Application led Mar. 15, 1901.)

(No Model.)

A I INVENTOR Tn/am Pachnn WITNESSES ATTORNEY llriirnn Srnrns @normar Ormea ABRAHAM PAOHNER, OF NEWv YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TvVO-THIRDS TO SALI SIMONSON AND ISAAC PAOHNER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAP OR HL'ADNEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 677,321, dated June 25, 1901.

Application filed March l5, 1901. Serial No. 51,285. (Noimorlel.)

Q i V To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM PACHNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manhattan borough, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Caps or Headwear, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cap or headwear having a so-called forehead-protector, and

1o the invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following speciiication and claim and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l shows the protector out of action.

Fig. 2 shows the protectorfin action or protecting position. Fig. 3 shows an inner or under view of the cap. f

The cap or headgear lis shown with a vizor or brim. This vizor has the upperpart 2 made zo stationary or fixed to the body or crown of the cap or article, and said vizor or upper section y or layer 2 is provided with a movable under vizor or layer 3. This latter can be lowered to form a forehead-protector or raised to be out of the way, as when the cap is to be worn in the ordinary manner or in moderate weather. This under part 3 of the vizor being movable or made to drop and rise can be moved to and from protecting position without affect- 3o ing the fixed vizor part.- A sweat-band is shown at il, which when made to extend to or engage the upper vizor-section 2 only will leave the inner edge of the protector part 3 movable to be lowered or raised, as required,

3, 5 so as to come to and from protecting position. The protector 3, moving on the vizor, can be set to and from protecting position, and the fit of the article will not be affected, while if a protector is made to fold into and out of the 4o cap proper the size or fit might be varied.

In the example shown the protector part of the vizor is provided with stiffening or spring pieces of suitable material-as, for example, pasteboard, bnckram, or other substance.

These spring-pieces 5 being sewed or stitched in place along suitable lines G will give a certain rigidity or spring to the protector. These two pieces, hinging or swinging with respect to one another, allow the protector to bend so that the front or outer part of the protec- 5o tor can sit up to the vizor, while the inner protector portion can come down to the eyebrows or cover the forehead of the wearer. Thestiffening, however, has not been found -absolutely necessary, but is practical for holding the protector part of the vizor in shape as well when in as when out of protecting position. It has also been found that in place of two springpieces 5 only one will answer, and in the latter case the outermost stitch or 6o stitches 6 could be omitted.

When the protector is lowered or in action, it has been found that the space or air between this protector 3 and vizor 2 lying at an angle to one another keeps the heat or warmth confined to the forehead, thus securing efficient protection against cold.

The protector, as also the vizor, can have the faces lying toward one another lined, if seen fit. This construction has been found 7o economical, as it saves the material or strip heretofore required for -forehead-protectors and which called for a separate band.

The movable under part or protector 3 is sewed to the upper vizor 2 and the inner edge 75 of such under vizor 3 is left free to form the movable protector. This protector is appli cable to various styles of cap .or headwear having a vizor. The movable under vizorr could be made movable all the way'to the 8o outer edge or only part way out-say to one of the seams 6.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Aheadcovering having a vizor and a 85 protector permanently connected to the Vizor along the lower inner edge thereof, the upper portionof the protector being free and being arranged to normally lie flatwise against the inner side of the vizor, and springy stiff- 9o ening material between the plies of the protector.

2. A head-covering having a vizor and a protector connected with the vizor along the lower edge of the vizor, said protector being free of the visor above said edge and being integral with said vizor and arran ged'to normally lie iiatwise against the inner face thereof.

3. A head-covering having a vizor and a l my hand in the presence of two subscribing protector connected with the vizor along the Witnesses. lower inner edge thereof, the upper portion of the protector being free and being arranged ABRAHAM PACHNER 5 to normally lie atwise against the inner side Witnesses:

of the Vizor. W. C. HAUFF,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

